An introduction to mineralogy : comprising the natural history and characters of minerals; and a description of rocks, both simple and aggregated; with a new tabular arrangement of earthy minerals, on a plan designed to facilitate the knowledge of that class of substances. To which is prefixed: a series of conversations explaining the principles of the science, and the elements of crystallography / By Robert Bakewell, author of "An introduction to Geology." With plates.

  • Bakewell, Robert, 1768-1843.
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An introduction to mineralogy : comprising the natural history and characters of minerals; and a description of rocks, both simple and aggregated; with a new tabular arrangement of earthy minerals, on a plan designed to facilitate the knowledge of that class of substances. To which is prefixed: a series of conversations explaining the principles of the science, and the elements of crystallography / By Robert Bakewell, author of "An introduction to Geology." With plates. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row, 1819.

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668 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 5 leaves of folding diagrams : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Errata: p. [670]
Spine title: "Bakewell's introduction to mineralogy"

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